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The general rule is that you should always  try to rule out all the natural and normal explanations for something before you jump to a super...

From the One Thing Leads To Another department, we have: a cute little fuzzy mammal from Madagascar, some thoughts about genetic drift, and ...

Allow me to make it clear right at the outset that in general, I disapprove of crime. Most crimes are designated as such because they harm i...

Today we're back to the subject of cool archaeological discoveries, thanks to a couple of loyal readers of Skeptophilia  who sent me lin...

As I write this, I'm waiting for a kiln full of pottery to cool enough that I can open it. Opening a kiln, especially after the final (g...

I don't know if it's reassuring or distressing for me to find out that here in the United States we don't own a monopoly on anti...

Just last night my wife and I watched the Dr. Who  episode " Vincent and the Doctor ," from 2010 (one of the episodes of the Eleve...

Although it's pretty obvious that patriotism can be taken too far, I'm all for making the country you live in the best it can be, an...

New from the "This Is Seriously Not A Good Idea" department: the Indian Medical Association has just announced a decision to allo...

A good many of the topics I discuss on Skeptophilia are serious, and more than a few are (or should be) rage-inducing. There are times when...